#
# openlookup/lib/daemonize.py
#
# Copyright 2008-2010 Helsinki Institute for Information Technology
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# Authors: Ken Rimey <rimey@hiit.fi>
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import os
import sys

def daemonize(stdin='/dev/null', stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null'):
    # Adapted from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/66012/.
    try:
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid > 0:
            sys.exit(0) # Exit first parent.
    except OSError, e:
        sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: (%d) %sn" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
        sys.exit(1)

    os.setsid()
    try:
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid > 0:
            sys.exit(0) # Exit second parent.
    except OSError, e:
        sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: (%d) %sn" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
        sys.exit(1)

    pid = os.getpid()
    print 'PID =', pid

    for f in sys.stdout, sys.stderr: f.flush()
    si = file(stdin, 'r')
    so = file(stdout, 'a+')
    se = file(stderr, 'a+', 0)
    os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
    os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
    os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())

    return pid
